Profiles - meet some of your future possible colleagues

Captain

Kim Aarup, Captain with NORDEN

Durban and back

Captain Kim Aarup and his 18 man crew onboard the product tanker m.t. NORD PRINCESS passed no less than 55 degrees of latitude on the 3,900 nautical mile long journey along Africa from the United Arab Emirates to Durban in South Africa with a cargo of gas oil. During the voyage, they met hailstones the size of golf balls, whales in high spirit, and suffered from severe heat. The following is a report on life at sea and the duties onboard.

Kim Aarup is 47 years old. He graduated from the Copenhagen Navigation School in 1980-1982 and served as third officer, second officer, chief officer and master (captain) for a total period of 20 years, until in February 2003 he joined NORDEN; first as chief officer, and in August 2005 he was appointed master. In May 2006 he took over m.t. NORD PRINCESS and boarded when the vessel passed Mina Saqr in the United Arab Emirates on her voyage to Durban in South Africa with a cargo of gas oil. Read the full story.

Ships' Officer

Simon Olesen, Ships' Officer

A career at sea – a job with no borders

An education as officer means four intensive years of regular shifts between theory in the classroom and practice on the bridge and in the engine room. Once training is completed, the world is at your doorstep.

”It was not written in the stars that I was to have a career at sea, as my family has no tradition for work at sea,” says Simon Olesen, Apprentice Officer with NORDEN since 2003.

”In the ninth grade, I took my one-week work experience training on board the training ship Georg Stage, and that was my first time on board a real ship. I found it a very interesting experience and wanted to pursue this type of work, but decided first to take a higher preparatory diploma after the tenth grade,“ he continues. Read the full story  

Port Captain

Morten Kjell Larsen, Port Captain

Captain on Shore

When NORDEN’s vessels call at Koh Si Chang Anchorage in Thailand, Taipei in Taiwan or Banjarmassin in Indonesia, Captain Morten Kjell Larsen will often be there to meet them.

Morten Kjell Larsen is Port Captain for NORDEN in Southeast Asia, and it is his job to make sure that the port stays are as short and effi cient as possible and that the co-operation with the authorities and the port is smooth.

“Employing vessels chartered by NORDEN and with no Danish crew on board, it is often a very good idea to be present in person at the port as a representative for the charterer and an ambassador for the customer. This can give the vessel crew and port staff an exact picture of what we expect and when. They are presented with a face of the assignment giver, a person with whom they can negotiate directly or to whom they have to explain themselves should any problems arise” . Read the full story.

Site Manager

Niels Jørgen Iversen, Retired Site Manager

Nine years at Asian shipyards

It began by coincidence, but ended up as a career path. Having been posted at shipyards in Korea, Japan and China for more than nine years, Niels Jørgen Iversen has been one of NORDEN’s most well-known faces in Asia - and one of the employees launching the most of NORDEN’s vessels. But a new chapter is about to start for him, back in Denmark. At the beginning of the new year, Niels Jørgen Iversen will hand in his discharge book and retire. This is his story of a long, varied career with NORDEN or to whom they have to explain themselves should any problems arise” . Read the full story